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NEWSPAPER FILE.

No. 399,704. Patented Mar. 19, 1889.

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HERBERT A. SHEARER, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO LANSING G. WETMORE, OF SAME PLACE.

NEWSPAPER-FILE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 399,704, dated March 19, 1889.

Application filed November 6, 1888. Serial No. 290,106. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT A. SHEARER, of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Newspaper-Files; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and t0 the figures and letters of reference marked thereon.

My present invention relates to improve ments in files for holding newspapers, periodi-.

cals, and the like, and has for its object to provide a device that will hold the papers securely, and while normally adapted to be used without a cover or binding can have one readily applied to it, if desired, without altering the construction in the least; and to these ends it consists in a certain improved construction, hereinafter described, the novel features being pointed out particularly in the claims at the end of this specification.

Paper-files as heretofore constructed have been objectionable, in thatthey were too bulky, and when the papers were applied caused the latter, where they were connected to the holder, to project and take up too much room,

their bulk and general arrangement preventing the application of a back or cover, and

also necessitating a larger amount of wire,

cord, or other paper-suspending medium than necessary to hold a given number of papers. By the use of my present invention, however, I am enabled to utilize all of a given length of wire or cord, the support for it being so arranged, also, that it can be readily applied to a back or cover; and, further, the backs of the papers will be effectively protected from wear.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view of a binder constructed in accordance with my invention, adapted for the use of reading-rooms, &c.; Fig. 2, a sectional view with papers in position; Fig. 3, a similar view showing the file with a cover applied.

Similar letters of reference in the several figures denote similar parts.

The present file consists of a back or strip, A, of wood or similar material, preferably triangular in cross-section, or at least having the two front sides, A A, arranged at an angle to each other, as shown, with the rear side either formed with a bead, B, thereon to be used as a handle, or flat, or slightly rounded like the back of a book. The ends of this strip are grooved, as at a, or a series of projections formed on the strip ends, and a continuous piece of wire, cord, or similar material, C, is wound around the strip longitudinally over faces A A, the grooves or projections at the end keeping them spaced properly, the ends of said wire being secured to the strip in any desired manner, or as shown. The angle formed by the faces A A and the dis tance the proximate conv'olutions of the wire are apart are preferably such that when viewed from the front a series of parallel lines will be presented, so that when the papers are strung upon the wires in front of the faces A A, with said wires in the central fold or in the signatures, if a whole book or large paper is to be held, the papers will hang in straight lines without being turned outward near the fold, and not projecting beyond the edges of the rear side of the back or strip A, as in Fig. 2.

In order to prevent the wires from cutting too deeply into the ends of the strip, and also to hold the wires on the faces A A slightly above the surface, thereby facilitating the application and removal of the papers, I provide wires b, extending around the strip near the ends over which the wire 0 passes, as shown, and while this is not essential it is desirable when files made of cheap soft wood are employed. Instead of employing a wire, 0, a continuous cord could be used, wound and fastened in the same or any convenient manner, or a still further modification could be made, in which, instead of employing a continuous cord, separate loops could be tied around the strip, being spaced at the ends by the grooves, pins, or any other equivalent de vices, the strip being the same in all respects, but both sides of the cord or wire loops being utilized to hold papers.

From the above it will be seen that a very simple, cheap, and efficient file is produced, in which the papers can be easily applied and removed, and one in which they are not bent around sharp corners, but hang straight and IOO ' smooth, the back of the strip A protecting them, and not only serving as a convenient means for handling, but also, if made flat or slightly rounded, forming a convenient means for the attachment of a suitable back or cover, D, as in Fig. 3.

While the faces A A are described as being at an angle to each other, it is obvious that even if they were slightly rounding they would be the equivalent, the only essential of this portion being that the cord or wire be wound around it and the two sides of the loop be employed in hdlding the papers and the papers held straight.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a paper-file, the combination, with a back or strip having two faces arranged at an angle to each other, of a cord or wire extending longitudinally around the strip one or more times, passing over said faces, substantially as described.

2. In a paper-file, the combination, With a back or strip having two faces arranged at an angle to each other, of wires or cords on which the papers are mounted, extending longitudinally over said faces, being rigidly spaced at the ends of 'the strip, substantially as described.

In a paper-file, the combination, with a back or strip having two faces at an angle to each other, of a continuous cord or wire wound around the strip and passing longitudinally across said faces, substantially as described.-

4. In a paper-file the combination, with the triangular back or strip, of a cord or wire wound around it longitudinally one or more times, passing lengthwise of two of its faces, substantially as described.

5. In a paper-file, the combination, with the back or strip having two faces at an angle to each other, of the continuous cord or wire wound around the strip and passing longitudinally across said faces, and the loops 1) b, substantially as described.

HERBERT A. SHEARER.

Witnesses:

FRED F. CHURCH, S. E. TRUE. 

